S. 1807: RISE Small Business Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-07-21 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5212-5213; text of measure as introduced: CR S5213)

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-07-21 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5212-5213; text of measure as introduced: CR S5213) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

RISE Small Business Act of 2015

Plain summary

Regulatory Impact Scale on the Economy Small Business Act of 2015 or the RISE Small Business Act of 2015 Requires a federal agency, before promulgating a proposed or final rule that it determines is likely to have an annual effect on the economy of at least $100 million, to assign the rule to, and publish in the Federal Register, the following category that applies based on the highest possible annual effect the agency determines the rule is likely to have on the economy: category 1 rule likely to result in an annual effect of between $100 million and $499,999,999; category 2 rule likely to result in an annual effect of between $500 million and $999,999,999; category 3 rule likely to result in an annual effect of between $1 billion and $4,999,999,999; category 4 rule likely to result in an annual effect of between $5 billion and $9,999,999,999; and category 5 rule likely to result in an annual effect of not less than $10 billion. Directs: (1) each agency to submit to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) annually a list of the rules, by category, that the agency published during the preceding year; and (2) OIRA to publish each list and an estimate of the costs and benefits of each included rule on www.reginfo.gov. Defines "significant economic impact" for purposes of provisions concerning initial and final regulator flexibility analyses as an annual economic effect of at least $100 million.

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RISE Small Business Act of 2015

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Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · 2 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] reported raising $4.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Federal Register: The official daily publication of the U.S. government for agency rules, proposed rules, public notices and presidential documents.
Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1807.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s1807 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114